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HONORS STUDENT DIES AFTER BEING TASED AT COLLEGE
(blackmediaSCOOP) A University of Cincinnati police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a teen was tased and died early Saturday morning.
18 year old Everette Howard who was a stand out wrestler at his school, had been attending college preparatory classes at the University of Cincinnati.
He is said to have finished in the top 10% of his class this Spring.
According to U.C.P.D., officers responded to a report of a fight on campus outside of Turner Hall around 3 a.m. Saturday.
Police say they found a large group of people in the area making loud and agitated noises.
One person approached officers and was warned to stop approaching at the risk of being tased, police said.
When he did not stop, police say, he was tased and cuffed.
University Police say they then called the Cincinnati Fire Department to treat the tasing and checked his vital signs while he was on the ground. They say he was disoriented, but did not appear to be in life-threatening danger.
Police say they were told by the Cincinnati Fire Department that the teen suffered a cardiac arrest and died a short time later at University Hospital.
Howard graduated from North College Hill High school and was at U.C. attending a program called upward bound. Upward bound gives recent graduates a chance to earn college credit.
Howard’s mother says she has not heard from police or the university on what happened to her son.
“I just can’t believe he’s gone, I can’t believe my son isn’t here,” Travonna Howard said.
University Police say they are conducting two investigations surrounding the death. The first pertains to the circumstances surrounding the tasing. The second pertains to the original criminal fight complaint.
This is not the first time a taser-related death has occurred involving U.C. police. In January 2010, University police were forced to use a taser on a patient at U.C. Medical Center.
Kelli Brinson had a medical emergency after being tased. He died three days later.
University Police have suspended the use of tasers pending the outcome of the investigation.
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So what do you think? Should cops be allowed to taser students?
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